Orange-pulp remover



' (No Model.)

E. G. BOUTON.

ORANGE PULP REMQVER. No. 562,372l Patented June .23', 1896.

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ELIZABETH GLADWIN BOUTON, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

ORANGE-PU LP REMOVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,372, dated June 23,1896. i Application filed .Tune 6, 1895. Serial No. 551,831. (No model.)i

T all whom it may concern.-

BOUTON, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Pittsfield, countyof Berkshire,

`and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Orange-Pulp Removers, of which the following thereof,showing also the method of connect-` is a speciiication, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof, in whichsimilar letters of reference indi-` cate corresponding parts.

My inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in devicesfor extracting the pulp from oranges and other fruit; and its object isto provide a simple, effective, and inexpensive device by means of whichthe pulp of an orange may be entirely removed from the skin, and finallydivided or separated. y y

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of theannular base-plate adapted to be placed upon a cup or other receptacle,and a semispherical body mounted upon said base-plate, and providedwitha number of vertical slits or slots forming wings, the edges of whichare sharp and adapted to y cut the pulp of theorange.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, and in which- Figure l is aplan view of my improved device; and Fig. 2 is atransverse section ingthe same with a cup or other vessel.

In the practice of my invention, I employ an annular base-plate A,providedwith an ant nular depending flange or rim a, and anupwardly-directed annular flange or rim c', and I also, preferably,employ a second annular depending flange or rim a2, which, in connectionwith the depending flange or rim a, forms an annular cavity adapted toreceive the upper portion of a cup or other receptacle B. The annularplate A is also provided7 atits inner edge, with an upwardly-directediiange O, between which and the outer edge of the plate, and preferablybetween the upwardlydirected flange O and the depending flange or rima2, is formed a row of perforations or openings D. y

Mounted upon the annular base-plate A, and surrounding the flange C, isa substantially semispherical body D', which is provided with a seriesof vertical slits or slots E,

forming wings or plates F. These slits or slots E arecut diagonally withrelation to the diameter ofthe semispherical body, so that the wingsformed thereby are provided with sharp cutting edges and said wings alsopro-` jectatan angle, as above described, `to the diameter of thesemispherical body.`

In practiceanorange or other fruit is prefi erably cut in half and thepulp of each `part is removed by simply forcing the part down upon thespherical body and turning the partof the orange so that the cuttingedges of the fwings will cut out the pulp from the skin, and

this operation is continued until all the pulp has been removed.

It will be observed that by this device the pulp is not only removedfrom the skin, but furthermore it is cut up and divided intoiinely-separated particles which fall into the cup, or is collectedaround the base of the semispherical body, while the juice of the orangepasses into the cup. t

The device maybe made of metal, glass, or

other desirable material and can also be constructed in various shapeswhich will all fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

ingwith the rim a an annular cavity, an upwardly-directed iiange C, saidbase A being provided with a row of perforations between the iianges aand C, a substantially semispherical body D mounted on the basesurrounding the flange G, said body being pro- 8o Having thus fullydescribed my invention,

vided with a series of vertical slits E, cut dit agonally with relationto the diameter of the body and forming overlapping wings F, the edgesof said wings being sharp and within the circumferential plane of thebody, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have lsignedmy name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this21st day of May,1895.

ELIZABETH GLADWIN BOUTON.

Witnesses:

.TOEN F. VAN DEUSEN, t MARY DANIELs MULLIGAN.

